Alumni

alexia.brown@mssm.edu

Alexia graduated with a BA in biology from Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME in 2021. She joined our lab in 2021. Alexia aimed to figure out the regulatory controls of dermal sheath contraction during hair follicle regression. She is now an MD student at Mount Sinai class of 2023.

alejandra.paredes@mssm.edu

Alejandra graduated with a BA in Cell and Molecular Biology & Biological Anthropology from George Washington University. She joined the lab as a Research Associate in summer 2021. Her research interest lied in understanding the molecular controls of skin wound healing.

laura.grisanti@mssm.edu

Laura graduated with B.S. and Ph.D. in Cell Sciences and Cellular Technology from La Sapienza University of Rome, Italy. She joined the lab in January 2009 as a postdoctoral fellow. Laura worked to establish novel Cre tools to target Dermal Papilla niche cells during hair morphogenesis and tested the role of Enpp2. After leaving in 2013, she had rejoined the lab as a Senior Scientist from 2017-2021. She is now a Senior Scientist at the Stem Cell Engineering Core at Mount Sinai.

nivi.saxena@icahn.mssm.edu

Nivi graduated with a BA in molecular and cell biology from Berkeley. She had joined the lab for her Ph.D. work in April 2017. Her research interest was in understanding the molecular controls that regulate dermal condensate cell fate specification.

pieter.martino@mssm.edu

Pieter graduated with a BA in biology from Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME in 2017. After training as research technician at Tufts he joined our lab in 2019 to hone his skills and knowledge in stem cell niche biology. Pieter was interested in Dermal Sheath functions as signaling niche during the hair cycle. He as currently a PhD student at Yale University.

kawai.mok@mssm.edu

Ka Wai received his PhD from the University of Hongkong with exchange work at the Population Council at Rockefeller University. He joined the lab in September 2014. Ka Wai was interested in defining the molecular controls of DP fate acquisition during the developmental transition from fibroblasts into dermal condensates. He is now a Scientist at Beam Therapeutics.

devika.srivastava@mssm.edu

Devika received her BS in Microbiology from St. Xavier’s College in Kolkata and her MS in Biotechnology and PhD in Cell Biology from Univeristy of Calcutta, India. She joined the lab in October 2016. Devika was interested in the differential roles of Dermal Papilla niche and Dermal Sheath Progenitor cells. 

tori.rodrick@mssm.edu

Tori graduated with a BS in Biology and MS in Biomolecular Sciences from the Trevecca Nazarene University and Lipscomb University, respectively, Nashville, TN. She joined the lab in July 2016. Tori was in charge of lab organisation and the mouse colonies. She was working with Laura on generating advanced genetic tools to target the Dermal Papilla niche cells.

e.schoen88@gmail.com

Lisi graduated with a BS in molecular biotechnology from the University of Applied Sciences in Vienna, Austria. She joined the lab for her M.S. work in January 2016 for 1 year. Her research interest lied in characterizing the cell fate choices of adult Dermal Papilla cells during the hair cycle.

amelie.rezza@mssm.edu

Amelie did her BS, MS and PhD studies at the Ecole Normale Superieure in Lyon, France. She joined the lab in July 2010. Amelie was interested in the heterogeneity of Dermal Papilla niche cells. She went back to Lyon end of 2016 to join Genoway.

christine.chisholm@mssm.edu

Cris received her B.S. in Biology from Virginia Tech, VA and a PhD in Molecular Biology from U of Maryland, Baltimore. She joined the lab in September 2015. Cris was in charge of lab organisation and the mouse colonies. She was also interested in generating advanced genetic tools to target the Dermal Papilla niche cells.

rachel.sennett@mssm.edu

Rachel graduated with a BS in chemistry from Haverford College, Haverford, PA. She had joined the lab for her Ph.D. work in July 2011 after finishing the first two years of Medical School at Mount Sinai. Her research interest was in deciphering the early molecular player during embryonic hair follicle formation.

christina.sicchio@mssm.edu

Cristina received her B.A. in Biology from Hunter College, City University of New York. She had joined the lab in April 2014 and was in charge of lab organisation and the mouse colonies. She was working on generating advanced genetic tools to target the Dermal Papilla niche cells.

carlos.clavel@mssm.edu

Carlos received his BS and MS in Biological Sciences from Saint Louis University and his Ph.D. in Biochemistry from the Universidad de Navarra in Pamplona, Spain. After a short postdoc at the University Leuven, Belgium, he had joined the lab in Fall 2008. Carlos’s research focused on the transcriptional control of the hair inducing fate of Dermal Papilla niche cells. He launched his own laboratory Nov 2014 at the Institute of Medical Biology in Singapore.

manon.tanguy1@etu.upmc.fr

Manon was a Master’s student from the Pierre and Marie Curie University (UPMC) in Paris. She joined the lab for a summer internship in 2014. She worked with Amelie on DP isolations and characterizations.

natalyro@buffalo.edu

Nataly was an undergraduate student from the Univerity of Buffalo, NY. She joined the lab for a summer internship in 2014. She worked with Rachel on the DP/DS relationship.

rina.kara@mssm.edu

Rina graduated with a BS in biology from Univerity of Alabama, Birmingham, and a MS in biotechnology from Columbia University. She joined the Ph.D Class of 2013 at Mount Sinai. During her laboratory rotation Rina worked with Rachel Sennett on the lineage relationship of Dermal Papilla cells and dermal sheath cells during hair formation.

jia.yu@mssm.edu

Annie received her B.A. in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and a M.A. in Biotechnology from Boston University. She joined the Ph.D Class of 2013 at Mount Sinai. During her laboratory rotation Annie worked with Carlos Clavel on the role of Sox transcription factors in Dermal Papilla cells.

rzemla@gmail.com

Roland received his B.A. in Biochemistry from Columbia College, Columbia University, New York. He joined the lab in April 2010. Roland was in charge of lab organisation and the mouse colonies. He was also interested in generating advanced genetic tools to target the Dermal Papilla niche cells. He now joined the MD/PhD program at NYU.

britt.russo@gmail.com

Brittany received her B.S. in Brain and Cognitive Science from the MIT, Cambridge, MA. She joined the lab in September 2010 and was interested in the transcriptional control of the hair inducing fate of Dermal Papilla niche cells. She graduated with a MS degree and strives to become an MD.

muraro.mauro@gmail.com

Mauro graduated with a B.S. from the University of Amsterdam, Netherlands. He joined the lab in March 2011. Mauro worked on pluripotency reprogramming of Dermal Papilla Niche cells. He is now a PhD student at the Hubrecht Institute in Utrecht, Netherlands.

sut2010@med.cornell.edu

Su-Yi has a B.S. from Shih Chien University and an M.S. degree from the National Taiwan University, Taipeh, Taiwan. Su-Yi was the first PhD student in the lab. Her focus was on pluripotency reprogramming of DP cells and on Wnt signalling in hair formation. She defended her thesis and graduated in April 2011. She is now a postdoc at Weill Cornell Medical College.

naj.sara91@gmail.com

Sara was an undergraduate student in Science at Brooklyn College class of 2013. She was in lab from July 2010 until August 2011. Sara worked tirelessly during all her summer/winter breaks and throughout the school year with Su-Yi on the role of b-catenin function in Dermal Papilla niche cells.

alui@nyit.edu

Anita received her B.S. degree in Biochemistry from New York University. She joined the lab in September 2010 with an interest in pluripotency reprogramming of Dermal Papilla Niche cells. She graduated with a Master of Science in August 2011 and then joined the 2011 Class at the New York College of Osteopathic Medicine (NYCOM).

samantha.e.leong@gmail.com

Samantha was an undergraduate student in Science and Engineering for Bioengineering at U Penn class of 2013. She was in the lab July/August 2011 as a Sinai PROP (Premed Research Opportunities Program) student. Samantha worked with Amelie on Dermal Papilla niche heterogeneity.

rita.barros@gmail.com

Rita received her B.S. in Biochemistry and her Ph.D. from the University of Porto and the Institute of Pathology and Molecular Immunology (IPATIMUP) in Porto, Portugal. She was in the lab from February 2011 until May 2011. Her research focused on transcriptional targets in Dermal Papilla niche cells.

simanick@gmail.com

Sayeed was an undergraduate student in Biology at NYU class of 2011. He was in the lab during summer 2010 as a Sinai PROP student. He continued to come to lab during his senior year finishing with a thesis in April 2011. Sayeed worked with Carlos on the transcriptional control of Dermal Papilla niche cells. He is now a medical student at UNC Chapel Hill.

laoy_2000@yahoo.com

Chen was a sophomore high school student from Hunter College High class of 2012. He joined the lab in summer 2010, and continued to come to lab throughout the school year until Spring 2011. Chen worked with Laura Grisanti on establishing novel Cre tools to target Dermal Papilla niche cells. With his work he was a NYCSEF science fair finalist in NY state.

shin.seung.won@gmail.com

Joseph was a sophomore high school student from Herricks High School class of 2012. He joined the lab during summer 2010. Joseph worked with Carlos Clavel on the role of Sox2 in Dermal Papilla niche cells. He is now a undergraduate student at Cornell University.

melanie.mumau@mssm.edu

Melanie received her B.S. in Biochemistry from Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA. After a Cancer Research Fellowship at NCI she joined the Ph.D Class of 2010 at Mount Sinai. During her laboratory rotation she worked with Laura Grisanti on establishing novel Cre tools to target Dermal Papilla niche cells.

chi-yeh.chung@mssm.edu

Jay received his B.S. in Biological Sciences from Sun Yat-sen University in Taiwan and his M.S. in Biotechnology from UC Irvine. Jay joined the Ph.D Class of 2010 at Mount Sinai. During his laboratory rotation he worked with Carlos Clavel on the fate specification of Dermal Papilla niche cells.

britta.bouwman@gmail.com

Britta joined the lab for 9 months from January to September. She was a Master student from University of Utrecht, Netherlands, and worked with Su-Yi to move forward the DP to iPS reprogramming efforts. Britta finished her Masters and started her PhD studies in The Netherlands.

soo.kim@mssm.edu

Soo was Michael’s first technician. Soo was a Stanford under-graduate who was instrumental in getting the lab up and running. She was in charge of the mouse colonies and lab organization, and the resident expert in immunostaining. Soo joined the Medical Class 2010 at Mount Sinai.